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Who do you go to to verify you've actually got gold in your hands?
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<blockquote data-quote="bush-buggy" data-source="post: 86892" data-attributes="member: 3287"><p>Hi there good people.</p><p></p><p>I'm still in BC, Canada and I have been doing some prospecting and fitness at the same time. I came across what the you tube videos say try to find. I found this creek that flows down between two hills. There's a bedrock exposed sheet, which is bloody slippery when it's raining. Then it goes down into a V shape funnel where there's some small cobble material and then there's a sandbar. There's a continuation of fallen logs over the water but I can visually see other sand bars down beyond where I have hiked. Elk tracks and deer tracks right on that sandbar. Anyway I am washing myself down thinking that this is exactly what they say try to find on streams and creeks. I stare down into the 4 to 8 inch depth of water and I am see yellow reflective shiny bits every few inches. Half a mm typically or smaller. I managed to get some out in my hand and found it reflected on both sides. I had some small zip locks so I filled them where-ever I saw the yellow/golden flakes. I got enough of the sandbar to fill three small zip-locks and now they're drying out on a cooking tray out in the sun.</p><p></p><p>There's yellow and it's reflective. You can see the shine when you move the tray and get sun on the material. That's all I know I have. So who do I take this stuff to to verify if what I have found is gold or some other mineral?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your insights and recomendations!</p><p></p><p>Have a good day too... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bush-buggy, post: 86892, member: 3287"] Hi there good people. I'm still in BC, Canada and I have been doing some prospecting and fitness at the same time. I came across what the you tube videos say try to find. I found this creek that flows down between two hills. There's a bedrock exposed sheet, which is bloody slippery when it's raining. Then it goes down into a V shape funnel where there's some small cobble material and then there's a sandbar. There's a continuation of fallen logs over the water but I can visually see other sand bars down beyond where I have hiked. Elk tracks and deer tracks right on that sandbar. Anyway I am washing myself down thinking that this is exactly what they say try to find on streams and creeks. I stare down into the 4 to 8 inch depth of water and I am see yellow reflective shiny bits every few inches. Half a mm typically or smaller. I managed to get some out in my hand and found it reflected on both sides. I had some small zip locks so I filled them where-ever I saw the yellow/golden flakes. I got enough of the sandbar to fill three small zip-locks and now they're drying out on a cooking tray out in the sun. There's yellow and it's reflective. You can see the shine when you move the tray and get sun on the material. That's all I know I have. So who do I take this stuff to to verify if what I have found is gold or some other mineral? Thanks for your insights and recomendations! Have a good day too... :P [/QUOTE]
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